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In late 2012, Google announced that it was shutting down Google Calendar Sync in mid-2013. This plugin for Microsoft Outlook allows the synchronization of contacts and calendars between the Outlook application and Google’s services (namely GMail and Google Calendar). Google stopped allowing new registrations of the plugin in July 2013, and this week, they shut…
I’ve been discussing section 508 compliance and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) on a project. As an illustration of the importance of adhering to basic standards, I used this video on Vimeo that gives an idea of the experience a vision-impaired user has when viewing the Twitter web site with a screen reader. It’s pretty powerful!…
I hate spam. There’s little in this world I hate more than spam. Junk mail delivered to my house is a close second. Years ago, I had my primary email address on a personal domain, as so many people do. This email address was in various places on the web well before slimy spammer started…
As I’ve said in the past, one of my biggest gripes about Apple’s Mac OS X is that I spend so much time on Windows machines (where I am that stereotypical geek who knows all the speedy keyboard shortcuts) that I never really become more efficient with using my MacBook Pro. Personally, I use QuickSilver…
Looking for a way to keep your online accounts (cloud storage, banking, social media, email, etc.) as secure as possible? Two-factor verification (also known as two-step authentication, abbreviated to TFA) is a process involving two stages to verify the identity of a user trying to access services in a computer or in a network. This is…
If you use an Android device, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that it’s easiest to manage your contacts from your Google account. But what if your record-keeping system for contacts is Microsoft Outlook, which doesn’t sync with Google? If you have a Mac, the whole process is complicated but it doesn’t require manual effort once it’s set up.…
As part of my paperless office project, I purchased a Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300i Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Mobile Document Scanner a few weeks ago. Aside from the fact it had a rating of 4.5/5.0 stars on Amazon, the scanner is very heavily recommended in productivity forums for integration with Evernote. To be fair, Evernote also makes a really slick…
I was reading an article the other day on Lifehacker that showcased how to use Apple Reminders for GTD. The idea was that it’s so deeply embedded in iOS and OS X, that users of those platforms should find it beneficial to use it for GTD-based task management. This raised another question in my mind,…
Overview It took some time for me to rule out Toodledo. In all honesty, I think it’s one of the more GTD-oriented and powerful solutions available. I do want to call special attention to the fact that this application handles Next Actions in a manner consistent with the way GTD tasks should flow. This has…
I was reading an article recently on Lifehacker about Mac keyboard shortcuts that boost productivity and I got to thinking about my migration from a Windows laptop to the MacBook Pro a year or so earlier. I’m one of those nerds who knows all sorts of obscure Windows application shortcuts and I realized at some…